Fastening for garment-supporters



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Patented June 27, 1893.

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PATENT OFFICE.

SMITH, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

FASTENING FOR GARMENT-SUPPORTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,353, dated June2'7, 1893.

Application filed February 1, 1893. Serial No. 460,601. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Waterbury, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Fastener for Garment-Supporters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in fasteners wherein a loop andbutton are used.

My improved fastener is especially adapted for use in garmentsupporters, but can be used in other relations where a secure fastenerof this class is needed.

It has for its object to produce a loop which will securely hold aportion of the garment about the button and prevent it from slippingoff, but will at the same time permit the button to be easily andquickly removed, also to produce a loop on which the part most liable toout or wear the garment is covered with a smooth lining protecting theroughened edges.

Figure 1 is an enlarged view of a portion of a hose supporter havingfasteners embodying my invention. Fig. 2 shows the loop of the fastenerseparated. Fig. 3 shows the button separated from the fastener. Fig. 4shows the loop with the button holding the sides of the loop apart. Fig.5 shows the loop without the bridge or lining piece. Fig. 6 is a frontelevation of the bridge or lining piece, and Fig. '7 is a side elevationof the said lining piece.

In garment supporters of the class in which my improved fasteners areused, so long as there is a tension on the support, there is little orno danger of the loop coming off the button. If, however, the tension isremoved, either by the change of position of the person wearing thesupporter, or by the support becoming detached from above, or for anyother cause, the old style of loop is very likely to become disengagedand permit the support either to drop off entirely and be lost, orrelease the garment and allow it to become disordered. This latter iswhat often happens with the old style of fasteners when used to supportthe stockings of romping children.

In my fastener the loop consists of the two arms AA which are shown inFigs. 1, 2, 4 and 5. The supporting fabric or tape Bis secured at B tothe upper end of the loop, so as to bring the lower part of the loop ona line with the shank of the button, which is also attached to the tapeas shown. The lower end of the arms A A nearly, if not quite, meet. Theentire loop is made of springy material, so that if the arms are sprungapart, they will resume their original position. The ends of the armsare brought near together and are covered by the lining piece C. Thislining piece 0 is bent up into the shape shown in Fig. 6, and is held inplace preferably by bending over the tang D, so that it lies in therecess I between the projectionst'. 'i. The tang is preferably broaderthan the space between the ends of the arms ever is. The lining is bentabout both ends of the arms AA in such a manner as not to interfere withtheir movement; it also forms a smooth surface for the inner end of theloop, so that the rough or sharp edges left in the process ofmanufacture do not cut or tear the garment. This piece 0 also bridgesover the space between the ends of the arms A A. The inner sides of thearms A A are so curved that the space between said arms is narrowest atthe point about midway in the length of the loop forming an eye havingbutton receiving and button holding portions. The object of this is asfollows:'lhe shank of the button is made of such a size that in passingthis narrowest place between the armsAA to engage the garment, it has toforce the said arms apart, which, after the shank has reached the end ofthe loop, resume their former position, thus securely holding saidbutton shank in this position. This shank should be made of such a sizethat it will force the arms apart very little, if at all,'except when apiece of cloth is being put within the fastener.

The lining piece C may be fastened securely to the end of one of thearms, the purpose be ing to provide means for bridging over the space,or producing a smooth surface, or both. The use of the lining piece itwill be seen to form a smooth surface need not be confined to a loop inwhich the ends of the arms are separated.

In operating my invention, a thickness of the garment to be supported isplaced over the button head E, and the said button head inserted in thewidest space between the arms A A; it is then pulled or pushed down, asabove described, past the narrow space between the arms until it issecurely held in the lower end of the loop as described.

curved and approaching each other at an intermediate point,substantially as described.

3. In a fastener for a garment supporter, a spring loop having armswhose engaging ends are disunited and bridged by a curved lining andbridging piece, provided with an integral retaining tang lying within arecess I at the end of the loop, the inner sides of said arms beingcurved and approaching each other at an intermediate point,substantially as described.

EDWARD S. SMITH. Witnesses:

R. C. MITCHELL, G. LocKWoon.

